Zach Babo

A late season storyline that proved interesting was the Tewaaraton debate between Steele Stanwick and Rob Pannell. It seems a shame that in all of that talk it pretty much dismissed guys like Jeremy Boltus, who had terrific seasons but the teams around them didn't produce on the same level. The Pannell vs. Stanwick debate batted around ideas of value to a team, strength of opponents, consistency, and playoff performances. With Stanwick winning, in my eyes at least, the Tewaaraton officially announced itself as a postseason award. You have to be a baller all year to make the finalists, but once you are in that top five, it's whomever goes deeper into May while contributing to his team that will walk away with the hardware.

John Jiloty

Coaching movement has dominated the last month of the lacrosse world, while speculation started popping up well before Black Monday May 9 when Tony Seaman, Richie Meade and Jim Stagnitta all were let go. This latest round of coaching moves might have been the busiest and widest-reaching yet. (Head jobs at Bellarmine, St. Joseph’s, Marist, Colgate and Siena and assistant gigs at Georgetown, Navy, Towson, Hofstra and Princeton remain unfilled.) And, as always, when new coaches get hired, the bar gets set higher for compensation and expectations — something that is evolving at an alarmingly rapid pace in lacrosse right now.

Terry Foy

While’s it’s incredibly hard to properly gauge the impact of the suspensions and dismissal that plagued Virginia en route to a national championship (as well as the multitude of coaching changes and widespread conversations about the game’s slowed tempo that marked the end of the season), I’ll remember 2011 for Rob Pannell’s emergence as the single biggest star the game’s had in the last three years, which reached its crescendo after the first-round of the NCAA Tournament, and then Steele Stanwick’s late charge that, for me, set up the most interesting offseason since I’ve been at IL regarding stars entering their senior years.

Matt Kinnear

Pace of play has been the "loudest" storyline of the year, with it being discussed ad nauseam on every broadcast. But, I think that's overblown and the game isn't struggling nearly as much as people say it is. (This is coming from a hockey fan, who loves 2-1 scores.) The coaching carousel is surely the biggest storyline of the year. It's bringing out a wide range of emotions from people (just see Tierney's reaction to Meade and Seaman being fired, as well as Navy alumni reacting to the news.) It also sparks the most interesting debate: Is the hotter seat that coaches are on now a sign that lacrosse has arrived to the upper tier? Or, has lacrosse lost what made it more pure than football and basketball?